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12
12.6.13
central news
Arts valuable
to our region
By JESSICA MADDOCK
An arts centre in Central Otago
and a performing arts facility in
Cromwell are among recommen-
dations in the updated Central
Otago Arts Strategy.
The draft version was released for
public comment on Friday and
submissions close on July 19. The
district’s first arts strategy was
developed in 2008. Central Otago
District Arts Trust chairperson
Kathi McLean said many of the
recommendations outlined in it
had been achieved and the revised
strategy set new goals.
Among them was exploring the
possibility of creating an ‘‘all-
encompassing arts centre for
Central Otago,’’ and developing a
new performing arts facility in
Cromwell.
Greater collaboration with neigh-
bouring districts to develop
Central Otago as an arts desti-
nation was also recommended,
along with encouraging artists,
designers, local decision makers
and other sectors to work together
to include public art in their
projects.
Considering extending the part-
time arts co-ordinator role to a
fulltime position was another
goal.
The last strategy led to the Central
Otago Arts Awards, the develop-
ment of an arts website and the
launch of the Central Otago Arts
Trail.
There was anecdotal evidence of
the economic value art was
bringing to the district. Several
artists had spoken to her about
the value of being included in the
arts trail.
Among these was Alexandra
artist Denis Litchfield, a gem
cutter who specialised in Aust-
ralian sapphires and zircons from
his mining claim in central
Queensland.
Ms McLean said the arts trail had
helped turn his passion from a
hobby to a business.
Achieving the strategy’s goals
would require a long-term fund-
ing commitment from several
sources, including central and
local government, the industry,
local arts communities and fund-
ing organisations. ‘‘We’re now
awaiting the communities’ input,
to see if they think the same and if
we’re reading it right.’’
Many memories: Central
Stories Museum and Art
Gallery project manager
Rachel Checketts stands
among the items which
belonged to Russell
Henderson on display as part
of the Behind the Names
exhibition in the Russell
Henderson Gallery. The
exhibition which features Sir
William Bodkin, Professor
John McCraw, Elizabeth
Heafey and Russell
Henderson is on display in the
Russel Henderson Gallery at
the museum until July 4. The
Henderson family gave more
than $2 million in donations
to the Alexandra community,
and shop memorabilia from
Russell’s general store and tea
rooms were part of the
exhibition. Ms Heafey, a
nurse, was the first on the
scene to the 1943 Hyde rail
disaster, in which several
people died. Mr Bodkin was
the most prominent of the
four and was knighted in
1954 and was a member of
parliament from 1928 to
1954. His knight medal was
part of the display with items
from the Bodkin law firm he
set up in Alexandra. Mr
McCraw, a historical book
writer, is the only one of the
four alive today, living in
Hamilton. He has written at
least three historical books on
the region.